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Syllabus EMOTIONS IN MUSIC: OPERA AS A PURIFYING EXPERIM - 96342
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Last update 03-09-2023
HU Credits: 1

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Medicine

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Ein Karem

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Emeritus Jehoash Hirshberg


Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 10-11 with appointment

Teaching Staff:
Ms. Sofia Mazar,
Prof Jehoash Hirshberg,
Dr. Hagit Peleg

Course/Module description:
Acquaintance with the medium of Italian and French opera. In depth discussion of three operas

Course/Module aims:
Acquaintance with the emotional-aesthetic experience of opera

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To feel and understand the emotional experience of opera and its dramatic means

Attendance requirements(%):
100%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture, shared ink, video demonstrations

Course/Module Content:
The birth of opera: humanism, Italian language and Greek myth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Orfeo Orfeo (1607)
Orfeo's lament for the death of Euridice
Orfeo prayer at the entrance to Shaul: The power of music overcomes death
Lecturer: Sonia Mazar
Mozart (1756-1791), the marriage of Figaro (1786)
Marriage of Figaro (cont.)
Gilles Massena (1842-1912) Werther (1892)
Vardi, the masquerade ball
The Mask Ball, continued
A meeting with singer Rivka Falk at the Hadassah Auditorium
Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Salome (1905)
The masquerade ball

The lesson will take place at the Hadassah Auditorium:
A meeting with singer Odelia Zagori and pianist Sonia Mazar

Required Reading:
Viewing of three operas; reading of material included in syllabu

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam / Home Exam 15 %
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 55 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 30 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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